parse.com - cloud code - what do i do with a pointer?
parse-platform
Solution
you can use:
userMessagesQuery.include("messageId")
before you execute your query that returns userMessages and you will get the entire object in "messageId" instead of just a pointer.
Also you use
userMessages[0].get("messageId").fetch({success:function(){}})
to get the full object if you don't want to use "include"
Suggestion: I'd rename "messageId" to "message" to make it clear that it's an object pointer and not an ID field.
Problem
Someone doesn't understand what i want. I want to know what i can do with a pointer. I have js cloud code. I have a pointer. What can i do with it? Example: ``` var query = new Parse.Query("Messages"); //POINTER QUERY console.log(userMessages[0].get("messageId")); console.log("end2"); query.equalTo("objectId",userMessages[position].get("messageId")); ``` In the example, userMessages is the result of a prior cloud query. This line ``` console.log(userMessages[0].get("messageId")); ``` helpfully outputs ``` {"__type":"Pointer","className":"Messages","objectId":"5J4eOletgz"} ``` This is less useful than you might imagine. I cannot seem to call the objectId from it, and the query ``` query.equalTo("objectId",userMessages[position].get("messageId")); query.find ({ ... }); ``` returns nothing. Note that the query should find the pointer-object the pointer-points-to, but instead it helpfully throws the error ``` Error: 102 bad special key: __type ``` Which is just about useless. What can i do with a pointer? Why don't the people at parse.com bother to write this stuff up anywhere? That second question is more like a buddhist koan for them to meditate over, no need to respond!